Dani Evenson

Background

About Dani Evenson

Dani Evenson has more than 20 years of professional experience as an interdisciplinary scientist focusing on practical applications of fisheries research and natural resources policy development and implementation. Known for creative problem solving, efficiency, and fostering collaborative relationships among management agencies and competing resources users. Strengths include: • Program Design and Management • Data Analysis • Natural Resource Policy Development & Implementation • Public Speaking • Technical Writing • Effective Communication with Policymakers and Lay Audiences • Budget Administration • Capacity Building Track record for building comprehensive fishery research programs to address questions of interest to resource management. Particularly effective at bridging gaps between science and policy. She has held a variety of supervisory positions along with review board positions including state, tribal, and salmon treaty organizations. Specific experience includes: • successfully built up research programs to include new approaches to stock assessment for fisheries management. • collaborated and built successful relationships with federal, state, and tribal agencies as well as with fishermen’s groups. • participated in development and review of project proposals, sampling plans, and reports for new and on-going research in support of fisheries management. • analyzed complex datasets to determine abundance, run-timing, and stock composition to advise fisheries managers; conducted escapement goal and exploitation rate analyses; and developed preseason forecasts of run sizes. • prepared oral and written reports to regulatory bodies and other public forums Specialties: Data analysis, policy development, technical writing, project planning and implementation, inter-agency coordination, public speaking, and grant writing.